Brief, thought provoking articles on a variety of topics.
Posted March 20th, 2010 in Prophecy
This Week’s Feature Article by Jack Kelley
“I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” (Genesis 12:2-3)
” ‘The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants. Throughout the country that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land. (Leviticus 25:23-24)
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Posted March 6th, 2010 in Selah, Thy Kingdom Come
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”
“Yes, he does,” he replied.
When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own sons or from others?”
“From others,” Peter answered.
“Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him. “But so that we may not offend them, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.” (Matt. 17:24-27)
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Posted February 20th, 2010 in Tough Questions Answered
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
The first three Gospels are so much alike that people accuse Matthew and Luke of borrowing heavily from Mark, who supposedly wrote His gospel first. But no so with John. His gospel is different from all of the others.
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Posted January 23rd, 2010 in Spiritual Life
A bible Study by Jack Kelley
Some time ago we did a study on the Seven Miracles In John. In that study I showed that the focus of John’s gospel is the Lord’s Judean ministry, and really only the last 21 days of that. (The other gospels are mostly devoted the the Galilean ministry which preceded it.) Fully 10 chapters of John (From 13 on) are given to the last week of the Lord’s life and, when you consider that the Jewish day begins at sunset, 1/3 of the gospel’s 879 verses are devoted to the day of His death.
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Posted December 26th, 2009 in Holidays and Holy Days
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
In the time after their sin and expulsion from the Garden Adam and Eve must have felt incredible despair. They had experienced life both before and after the curse, the only ones to do so, and had first hand knowledge of the difference. And what a difference it was. Even the part of it we can relate to had to have been devastating.
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Posted November 26th, 2009 in Holidays and Holy Days
A Thanksgiving Message by Jack Kelley
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (Psalm 100)
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Posted November 14th, 2009 in Selah, The Bible's Authority
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
The Bible isn’t such a complex document that it requires years of formal education before you can begin to comprehend it. I’ve always believed the Bible was meant to be understood by any believer who can read and has a serious interest in knowing what it says. I say this because I believe the Bible is best approached by relying on the power of the Holy Spirit rather than one’s own intellect. James 1:5 says that any of us who lacks wisdom need only ask God who gives generously to all without finding fault.
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Posted October 31st, 2009 in Selah, The Bible's Authority
Commentary by Jack Kelley
The other day I received an interesting response to my answer stating that the Bible supports an approximate 6000 year history for the human race. This person didn’t dispute the Bible, only our interpretation of it, in disagreeing with my answer.
The essence of his response was that since science has found what it considers to be persuasive evidence that contradicts the literal view of the creation account, then our traditional interpretation of the language in Genesis 1 has to be flawed.
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Posted October 3rd, 2009 in Selah, Tough Questions Answered
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
I received a great question this week. A regular visitor wanted to know, is evil a “thing” or the “absence of good”? The writer went on to say, “I understand how evil entered creation via the fall, but it seems to me that something (evil) that had never existed before suddenly came to be.”
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Posted September 26th, 2009 in Selah, Spiritual Life
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.” (Matt. 6:19-20)
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